Tag: health

In 2014 I was diagnosed with inflammatory myofibroblastomic tumours in my uterus (a rare form of womb cancer). In June this year I had a total hysterectomy, and have been recovering my life ever since. Before my hysterectomy I was put on a hormone treatment (zoladex) for 4 months which was unfortunately unsuccessful. This plummeted [...]

Fatigue is a common issue faced by people living through and after cancer. I've not heard of a treatment out there that doesn't cause fatigue. Along with the emotional weight carried from a diagnosis, you are pretty much guaranteed to suffer through it at one time or another. Fatigue and tiredness are commonly mistaken, but [...]

For over three months now I have been menopausal. I was put on Zoladex to try and starve my tumour of oestrogen in hope it would inhibit its survival and the tumour would shrink. Zoladex is a hormone treatment that acts at the level of the pituitary gland, where it shuts off the production of [...]

Today is a very bad day. My bad days are fairly rare, and in that way I have been lucky. My very bad days are rarer still, but today is a very bad day. Usually, I write on a good day when my mind is clear and rational, but as mental illness is so [...]

Exercise has a huge range of benefits, both physically and mentally. This is something everyone is aware of and in recent years there has been a huge push in getting more people active. Yet there is still a damaging misconception that people with cancer need to rest up and take it easy. The benefits of exercise [...]